Journey to the Center of a Triangle (1976) 8m, dir. Bruce & Katharine Cornwell, presents a series of animated constructions that determine the center of a variety of triangles, including circumcenter, incenter, centroid and orthocenter.
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A lot of people have asked me to write something about "Archimedes Integration", and I'm finally getting around to fulfilling that request.
"Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!" -Comte de Lautréamont
Some time ago, I gave instructions for making your own paper fractal. I’ve decided to do another today.
I wanna see more of this but it's cropped!
Always try youtube or wikipedia, when this failes. Here's an uncropped version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_oZ9Pe0yRg
It's not cropped when full screen. Double click on the video to see it full screen.
I love vintage science films like this. Do they still even bother trying to teach kids with this, or have they stopped making this sort of thing all together?
Agree with Sid, they should show this stuff to preschoolers on a projector in a dark room.
Completely agree Sid and Will. Maybe we should gather a bunch of vintage science videos and make a single resource page on SB for science teachers. If you have some favorites, post links.
I love vintage science films like this. Do they still even bother trying to teach kids with this, or have they stopped making this sort of thing all together?